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5/6/08 The average American chews over 300 sticks of gum each year. 5/5/08 NOBODY KNOWS WHEN OR BY WHOM THE FIRST MARGARITA WAS MADE...LOTS OF PEOPLE TAKE CREDIT FOR IT AS EARLY AS THE 1920'S, BUT NOBODY KNOWS FOR SURE... 5/2/08 Salmon and shrimp are the most popular seafoods in American restaurants. 5/1/08 THE LARGEST NUMBER OF PANCAKES TOSSED IN THE SHORTEST AMOUNT OF TIME...349 TOSSES IN 2 MINUTES! 4/30/08 RESIDENTIAL FIRES MOST OFTEN START IN THE KITCHEN...FOLLOWED BY BEDROOM AND LIVING ROOM. 4/29/08 It takes 30-50 gallons of sap to make one gallon of maple syrup. 4/28/08 Sneakers were first made in America in 1916. 4/25/08 Over 50% of men by age 50 have male pattern hair loss. 4/24/08 BOWLING IS A GOOD EXERCISE THAT WORKS 134 DIFFERENT MUSCLES! 4/23/08 Americans spend more than $1 billion every year to buy a staggering 100 million ties. 4/22/08 A squirrel's brain is about the size of a walnut. 4/21/08 The popsicle was invented by an 11 year old boy in 1905! 4/18/08 INTELLIGENT PEOPLE HAVE MORE ZINC AND COPPER IN THEIR HAIR...THAN UM...NOT AS INTELLIGENT PEOPLE! 4/17/08 YO YO'S ARE THE WORLDS 2ND OLDEST KNOWN TOY...RIGHT BEHIND THE DOLL. 4/16/08 Mice arrived in the Americas in the 1500's on the ships of the Spanish explorers. 4/15/08 A Chinese dentist once built a tower out of 28,000 human teeth. 4/14/08 PRESIDENT BUSH OWES $221, 635 IN TAXES, BASED ON HIS GROSS INCOME OF $923, 807. 4/11/08 To burn off 1 plain M&M candy, you need to walk the full length of a football field. 4/10/08 THE LARGEST WATERMELON ON RECORD IS 262 LBS 4/9/08 20 million people a year are stung by fireants! 4/8/08 THE AVERAGE AMERICAN OFFICE WORKER USES AROUND 500 DISPOSABLE COFFEE CUPS EACH YEAR! 4/7/08 215 jeans can be made with one bale of cotton. 4/2/08 The pentagon uses, on average, about 670 rolls of toilet paper every day. 4/1/08 The harmonica is the world's best-selling music instrument. 3/31/08 80% OF US HOUSEHOLDS HAVE OATMEAL IN THEIR CUPBOARD 3/28/08 THE SUN IS 93 MILLION MILES AWAY FROM EARTH AND THE MIDDLE OF THE SUN HAS A TEMP AROUND 10 MILLION DEGREES, BUT WITH A HEAT INDEX FEELS MORE LIKE 11 MILLION... 3/27/08 27% OF AMERICAN COFFEE DRINKERS ADD A SWEETENER TO THEIR COFFEE...WHILE 43% OF GERMANS ADD SWEETENERS... 3/26/08 THERE ARE ABOUT 1 BILLION BICYCLES IN THE WORLD, WITH AROUND 400 MILLION OF THEM IN CHINA! 3/25/08 THE MOON IS MOVING AWAY FROM THE EARTH AT A RATE OF 1.5 INCHES PER YEAR! 3/24/08 There are 150 species of chicken. 3/21/08 IF YOU PICK YOUR NOSE OBSESSIVELY, YOU SUFFER FROM RHINO-TILLEXO-MANIA! 3/20/08 Every day, over five billion gallons of water are flushed down toilets in the United States. 3/19/08 AIR FORCE ONE HAS 19 TV'S, 85 TELEPHONES, AND 238 MILES OF WIRING! 3/18/08 THE FIRST COW ARRIVED IN AMERICA IN 1611! 3/17/08 According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the highest number of leaves found on a clover is 14! 3/14/08 IN AMERICA 13 IS CONSIDERED AN UNLUCKY NUMBER. IN ITALY 17 IS UNLUCKY. IN JAPAN 4 IS UNLUCKY. 3/13/08 New Jersey has a spoon museum with more than 5,000 spoons from every state and almost every country in the world. 3/12/08 LEGEND SAYS EACH LEAF OF A 4 LEAF CLOVER MEANS SOMETHING. FIRST IS FOR HOPE, SECOND FOR FAITH, THIRD FOR LOVE, AND THE FOURTH FOR LUCK. 3/11/08 The shell of a turtle is made up of 60 different bones all connected together. 3/10/08 It is supposedly against the law in Idaho to give anyone a box of candy that weighs more than 50 pounds. 3/6/08 63 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE DANDRUFF-OR HAVE EXPERIENCED DANDRUFF... 3/5/08 One pencil will draw a line 70 miles long. 3/4/08 You can keep mice on a table without a cage because mice are afraid to jump off high vertical drops. 3/3/08 The first mechanical wind-up alarm clock that could be set for any time was patented by Seth E Thomas on October 24, 1876 2/29/08 THE AVERAGE AMERICAN WOMAN OWNS 27 PAIRS OF SHOES 2/28/08 BULLET PROOF VESTS, FIRE ESCAPES, WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND LAZER PRINTERS WERE ALL INVENTED BY WOMEN! 2/27/08 Pupaphobia - Fear of puppets (and a fear of muppets is Mup-aphobia) 2/26/08 CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR INTRODUCING THE PINEAPPLE TO EUROPE! 2/25/08 THE POTATO WAS THE FIRST VEGETABLE GROWN IN SPACE! 2/21/08 THE ODDS YOUR CHILD WILL BE A PRO GOLFER ARE 1 IN 140,000. 2/20/08 THE US POST OFFICE handles over 700 million pieces of mail each day! 2/19/08 Before 1859, baseball umpires were seated in padded chairs behind home plate. 2/18/08Fish have been on the earth for more than 450 million years. 2/14/08 Around 3% of pet owners prefer to give Valentine gifts to their pets, as they are more grateful than humans! 2/13/08 George Washington, our first President, was also our first U.S. rose breeder! 2/12/08 570 gallons of paint are required to paint the White House! 2/11/08 DAYTONA INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY HAS HOSTED THE DAYTONA 500 SINCE 1959. 2/8/08 4 OUT OF 5 AMERICANS DRINK COFFEE, CONSUMING MORE THAN 400 MILLION CUPS A DAY! 2/7/08 Scorpions can have as many as 12 eyes. 2/6/08 IN A RECENT NATIONAL SURVEY, 1 OUT OF EVERY 3 PEOPLE AT THE BEACH CAN'T SWIM! 2/5/08 The largest tomato on record is a 7-pound monster grown in Oklahoma. 2/4/08 Clark Gable used to shower more than 4 times a day... 2/1/08 Even on a good hair day, everyone loses at least 40 to 100 strands. 1/31/08 Super Bowl Sunday is the second largest day of food consumption behind Thanksgiving. 1/30/08 Women are more than twice as likely as men to have soup for lunch! 1/28/08 SUNDAY'S SUPER BOWL IS THE 42 SUPER-BOWL...AND NO SUPER BOWL HAS EVER GONE INTO OVERTIME! 1/25/08 WALRUSES USE THEIR HEADS TO BREAK BREATHING HOLES IN ICE UP TO 8 INCHES THICK! 1/24/08 Largest recorded giant squid was 59.5 feet! 1/23/08 The best selling book of all time is the Bible! 1/22/08 Super Bowl weekend is the slowest weekend for weddings all year! 1/18/08 If a surgeon in Ancient Egypt lost a patient while performing an operation, his hands were cut off. 1/17/08 The most yolks ever found in a single chicken's egg is nine. 1/16/08 It took engineers 22 years to design the zipper. 1/15/08 Colonel Sanders original white suit was auctioned off for $80,000 in February 2002. 1/14/08 A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet long in just one night! 1/11/08 It takes 772 peanuts to make a 16 oz jar of peanut butter! 1/10/08 Brad Pitt's favorite candy is Twizzlers! 1/9/08 THE FIRST PAVED ROAD IS WOODWARD AVENUE, IN DETROIT MICHIGAN! 1/8/08 The magic word "Abracadabra" was originally intended for the specific purpose of curing hay fever. 1/7/08 Gorilla's enjoy watching television! 1/4/08 Cryophobia is the fear of cold weather! 1/3/08 The first rubber balloons were made by Professor Michael Faraday in 1824 1/2/08 In 1967, the first successful heart transplant was performed in Cape Town, South Africa. |
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